Progress: Fact Or Illusion?

Progress: Fact Or Illusion?
ISBN-10
0472106767
ISBN-13
9780472106769
Series
Progress
Category
Progress
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Authors
Bruce Mazlish, Leo Marx

Description

Evaluates the foundational idea of progress from many perspectives

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